MADISON, Wis. — In what could be a blow to the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s effort to land a high-security national animal disease research lab, the Dane County Board on Thursday night debated a resolution opposing the university’s proposed 40-acre lab site in the Town of Dunn.
Earlier this week, the federal Department of Homeland Security was greeted by a handful of protesters as it toured the site. It’s one of 18 sites vying for the Bio and Agro Defense Facility.
The Town of Dunn is against the proposal, saying it flies in the face of its land-use farm preservation plan, WISC-TV reported. County board officials agree, and they criticized the university for relying on only one site.